USA forward T.J. Oshie prepares to take a shot againstRussia goaltender Sergei Bobrovski in an overtime shootout during a men’s ice hockey game at the 2014 Winter Olympics, Saturday, Feb. 15, 2014, in Sochi, Russia. Oshie scored four shootout goals as the USA won 3-2.
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Leticia Romero scored 19 points and Kansas State finished the game with a 12-0 run to rally past Texas Tech 60-54 in Big 12 Women’s Basketball action Saturday at Bramlage Coliseum. The Red Raiders who remain winless in conference play, have suffered many close losses and Saturday’s game was no different. However, early on Texas Tech was fighting the Wildcats nearly basket for basket as K-State could not sustain a lead of larger than six points. The Red Raiders scored six straight points to grab their first lead of the game at 22-20 before the teams went into halftime tied…
The power pitching duo of Matt Imhof and Reid Reilly combined for a two-hitter as #27 Cal Poly shut out #18 K-State 3-0 on Friday night at Baggett Stadium in San Luis Obispo, CA. Imhof (1-0) struck out a Mustang Division I record 14 batters over seven innings plus, scattering two hits and four walks. Reilly came on for a six-out save with a runner on first in the top of the eighth, and quickly dispatched the Cats following a leadoff walk. Ross Kivett and RJ Santigate each supplied an infield hit, and only three K-State runners reached second base…
President Barack Obama winks as he is welcomed before speaking to the House Democratic Issues Conference in Cambridge, Md., Friday, Feb. 14, 2014. Opening a weekend trip to California, the president Barack Obama will offer millions in federal aid for the drought-stricken state, then hold an unusual West Coast meeting with Jordan’s King Abdullah II, a key U.S. partner in the Middle East.
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, left, meets with Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China Friday, Feb. 14, 2014. Kerry is meeting senior Chinese officials on Friday in Beijing to seek their help in bringing a belligerent North Korea back to nuclear disarmament talks.
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) The U.S. Agriculture Department is estimating the total value of Kansas crop production last year at $7.79 billion, a drop of 4 percent from 2012. The agency’s National Agricultural Statistics Service calculates crop values by multiplying the average marketing price by the amount of production in each state. Friday’s report said Kansas wheat production in 2013 was valued at $2.22 billion, down 22 percent from the previous year. The value of Kansas corn produced for grain was pegged at $2.31 billion last year, a drop of 13 percent. Soybean values for 2013 were estimated at $1.59 billion,…
Three suspects facing charges involving the recent death of a Junction City woman will be heading to more initial hearings next week. 25-year-old Larry Anderson, 23-year-old Drexel Woody, and 22-year-old Marryssa Middleton are each being held on a $1,000,000 bond by the Geary County Sheriff’s office for their alleged connections to the death of 24-year-old Amanda Clemons. The next hearing is set to begin on the 20th of February in Geary County District Court. According to police reports a person matching Clemons’s description was reported missing after witnesses say she was placed into a silver vehicle occupied by four other…
SALINA, Kan. (AP) Officials at Salina Regional Airport are investigating the belly landing of a small commuter plane with only the pilot and co-pilot on board. Kansas Public Radio reports the SeaPort Airlines Pilatus PC-12 turboprop plane came down with its landing gear up shortly after 10 a.m. Friday. Medical personnel reported no serious injuries to the two crew members. A spokeswoman for the Salina Airport Authority says it’s not yet known whether pilot error or equipment failure was to blame. SeaPort Airlines is based in Oregon and flies to nine states.
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) The University of Kansas went one-for-two before state legislative committees considering bonding authority for two major projects. A House committee Thursday rejected the university’s request for $17.5 million in bonding authority to build 66 high-end apartments, with 32 used by student-athletes. University officials say they need the upscale living to compete for basketball recruits. Two state representatives on the House Education Budget Committee said the project was extravagant, and the university’s sports boosters could pay for it. Earlier Thursday, a House-Senate committee approved the university’s request for bonding authority for a $75 million health education building at…
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) A Lawrence man who was the subject of a Silver Alert earlier this week was found dead inside his vehicle in the parking lot of Lawrence Memorial Hospital. Authorities said Thursday no foul play is suspected in the death of George Sundstrom, 65. Lawrence police Sgt. Trent McKinley said officers found a man dead inside his car at the hospital Tuesday night. The Lawrence Journal-World reports officers were called by people searching for Sundstrom, who was the subject of a Silver Alert earlier that day. McKinley says officers immediately confirmed the vehicle belonged to Sundstrom but couldn’t…